Practice Questions for The Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood

Practice questions for the Man who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood

1. What is Delrita’s special talent?  Woodcarving
2. What did she carve for her mother?  A girl, dog and boy
3. What kind of lunch box does Punky have?  Jellybean the clown
4. What does Punky keep in his lunch box?  His treasures, including broken crayons
5. What is Herkimer?  A carved swan
6. Who is a master woodcarver?  Whittlin' Walt
7. What is Punky’s response to a prayer?  The word “Bang”
8. What does organ music make Punky do?  Cry
9. Who are Delbert and Margarita?  Delrita’s grandparents, after whom she is named
10. What is the relationship between Punky and Delrita?  Uncle-niece
11. What is Punky’s real name?  Richard Holloway
12. What is Punky’s disability?  Down’s Syndrome
13. What does Punky hide behind the television?  Chicken bones
14. What change in Punky’s daily routine does Delrita worry about?  Him going to the sheltered workshop
15. What kind of hat does Punky have/wear?  A cowboy hat
16. Who is married to Uncle Bert?  Aunt Queenie
17. How did Delrita’s parents die?  In an automobile accident that involved a trailer they were pulling
18. Who is “pretty girl”? Delrita
19. Who is Barney?  A man at the sheltered workshop
20. Who is Avanelle?  Delrita’s new friend
21. Near which holiday does Punky die?  Christmas
22. What does Punky ask Delrita to stop?  The rain
23. How does she stop the rain? She pretends to call the radio station
24. Where does the book take place?  Tangle Nook, Missouri
25. When do we find out Punky’s real name?  On his birthday (written on a gift certificate)
26. What is Punky’s favourite restaurant?  McDonalds
27. Which family all have red hair and green eyes?  The Shacklefords
28. Where are Punky and Delrita when they get the new about Delrita’s parents?  Silver Dollar City
29. What name is given to the new Shackleford baby?  Elmira
30. Which family likes old-fashioned names?  The Shacklefords
31. Who is Avanelle’s brother?  Tree (Trezane)
32. What are the first names of Delrita’s parents?  Sam and Shirley
33. Who is Punky’s legal guardian?  Queenie
34. Who asks Delrita to the sock hop?  Tree
35. Who is Punky’s brother?  Uncle Bert
36. Why do Tree and Delrita not end up going to the sock hop together?  Tree has to babysit
37. Who is Delrita ashamed of?  Punky
38. What insulting name does Punky call people?  Old goat or “fat”
39. Why do Delrita and Punky move in with Uncle Bert?  Delrita’s parents died
40. What is Delrita’s last name?  Jensen
41. Who says, “Well, I declare”?  Aunt Queenie
42. To what does Delrita compare her legs?  Pipe cleaners
43. How do Delrita and Avanelle meet?  They have to share a math book
44. What insulting word does Delrita hate?  Weirdo
45. What had happened to the pet chicken named Henrietta?  It had been stolen
46. Where had Delrita lived before Tangle Nook, Missouri?  On a farm
47. Avanelle lives near which landmark? Mcdonalds
48. When did Delrita realize she could never have a real friend?  In Grade 2
49. What does Punky use for a microphone?  A stick
50. Who are the Jensen’s neighbours in Tangle Nook?  The Gregory family
51. What did Marcus almost hit Delrita with?  His bike
52. Where does Punky sit when he watches TV? On the floor
53. What is Aunt Queenie’s real name?  Queen Esther Holloway
54. What does Punky enjoy watching most on TV?  Commercials
55. Why do doctors say Punky will not live long?  He has a heart problem
56. Why does Punky have a bald spot?  He twists his hair
57. What looks like the “leftovers from a St. Patrick’s day parade”? Delrita’s closet/wardrobe  (all green clothes)
58. Where does Delrita keep her woodcarving tools?  Barbie doll suitcase
59. What had been Delrita’s first woodcarving project?  A snowman
60. What does Punky’s plate look like?  Red, plastic
61. What does Delrita’s dad do?  Owns an antique store
62. Who looks like a giant sunflower at Punky’s birthday party?  Uncle Bert
63. What is Uncle Bert’s occupation?  He sells real estate
64. What had spoiled Punky?  His mother (who had since died)
65. Where had Punky never been?  To school
66. What strange question is on an IQ test?  Describe the handle of a knife
67. How does Aunt Queenie honour Delrita’s talent of wood carving?  She says she could sell her creations.
68. What does Punky mean by saying, “Flag, DJ”?  Stand up for the national anthem
69. What was Delrita’s mom interested in at the estate auction?  A roll-top desk
70. Why does Punky line up lawn chairs by the swing set?  As an audience for his singing
71. Who plays circus with Punky on a summer afternoon?  Marcus
72. What does Punky do with shampoo?  Dumps ½ full bottles down the toilet.
73. What prize is inside the plastic egg?  A whistle
74. What looked like they had been “fried in hot oil”?  Sunburns (Delrita’s parents)
75. What does Delrita notice about the outside of Avanelle’s house?  It has peeling paint
76. What is Gilberta’s shortened name?  Birdie
77. Who does Delrita give Punky’s whistle to?  Birdie
78. What does Birdie call Delrita?  Velveeta
79. Who “never had a chance to be a kid”?  Delrita’s mom
80. How does Punky greet the pastor at church? Gives him a friendly back slap
81. Who are the unexpected guests at Countryside Church?  The Shacklefords
82. What instrument is at the Countryside church?  An upright piano
83. What is the name of the school football team?  Wildcats
84. Who defends the Shacklefords when Elsie gossips about them?  Miss Myrtle
85. Who is “an owl looking for a tree”?  Delrita
86. What is Delrita’s middle name? Jolena
87. Where had Avanelle lived before?  St. Louis
88. Why do the football players wear makeup at the pep rally?  It was a spirit day when guys dressed as girls and girls as guys.
89. How does Tree suggest Punky think of lightning?  Angels setting off fireworks
90. Who regularly says, “Wait a minute”? Punky
91. Where do Punky and Delrita eat a $13 lunch?  At the Lumbercamp Restaurant (at Silver Dollar City)  
92. What is the best wood for carving, according to Walt? Basswood
93. Who calls Punky “a man who loves clowns”? Whittlin’ Walt
94. Who says, “Not every lesson can be learned in a classroom”? Aunt Queenie
95. Who gave Delrita the news about her parents?  Whittlin’ Walt
96. What does Punky say about the new grown-up lunch box?  “You have it”
97. Who is the boss at the sheltered workshop?  Mr. Reese or Charles Reese
98. Who takes Punky through the doors of the workshop after the buzzer sounds?  Susie
99. What is a place for mountain climbing?  The sheltered workshop
100. What does Georgina call other players who fumble the ball?  Turkeys
101. Why is Avanelle’s dad in prison?  He transported furniture in his truck for a friend without knowing the friend had stolen it
102. Who calls Delrita “my wife”?  Barney
103. Why did the Jensens have to give away their dog Brownie (back when they lived on the farm)?  It got the taste of blood after killing a chicken
104. Who’s the blind man who makes mud mats?  Rudy
105. Who is Gardenia?  Mrs. Shackleford
106. What does Punky call his first pay check?  My dollar
107. How did Uncle Bert want the check cashed?  In one dollar bills
108. What does Punky buy with his pay?  A new TV
109. What sport does Punky play at Special Olympics?  Basketball
110. Who did Punky give one of the clowns Delrita had carved?  Frankie
111. What does Delrita use an encyclopedia to complete?  A report about frogs
112. Who invites Delrita to carve in the family room?  Aunt Queenie
113. What stops Delrita from giving Herkimer to Avanelle?  Punky trades for it and then gives it to Susie
114. Who gives Delrita a crash course in dancing?  Uncle Bert
115. What is the Big Red Shoe Review?  Ronald McDonald’s magic show
116. What does Aunt Queenie request when Punky is moved out of ICU?  That he come home (to die)
117. What approaches the graveside after Punky’s private funeral?  A parade of people touched by Punky’s life
118. Why does Avanelle stop talking to Delrita?  She thinks Delrita deliberately told the girls at school her dad was in jail.
119. Why does Delrita stop talking to Tree?  She thinks he took someone else to the dance instead of her.
120. Who does Avanelle help after school? Miss Myrtle
121. What had Punky taught Delrita?  To be herself.